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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Wheat Dumping Finished Ulamambri Stacks Cleared

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 13

At the meeting of the Coonabarabran Pastures Protection Board last Friday the district rabbit inspector Mr. C. W. Antaw…

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Sowing Wheat by Plane Problems Outlined

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 2

"Although there may be no technical difficulties to distributing wheat seed evenly from aircraft, there are several practical…

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Toongi Claims for Wheat Silo Being Considered

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 2

The claims of Toongi siding for the construction of wheat silos would receive every consideration when future…

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Wool Flows Into Store After Shearing Delays

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 6

Although rain and flood conditions have prevented shearing on many properties on the more distant plain country work is proceeding in a great number of sheds in the more central plain areas…

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Growers to Be Consulted on Wool Scheme Canberra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 1

When a plan of reserve prices for wool to succeed the joint Organisation has been finally worked out, the Australian Government will conduct a referendum to ascertain the views of wool-growers unless there…

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Search Party Fails to Locate Body of Farmer Believed Drowned When Truck Washed Down Flooded Curra Creek

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 1

AN exhaustive search of Curra Creek and the Bell River by police and a large party of civilians has failed to locate the body of a district sharefarmer who is believed to have drowned in the Curra Creek on Saturday night last. The missing man is John Theodore Pearson, 43, single, of Curra Creek, who was last seen in…

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Wool Shearing Increasing Expanding Wool Demand

The Western Herald · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 1

"Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Although rain and flood conditions in New South Wales and Queensland have prevented shearing on…

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Wool Prices Up. Advancing Values

The Western Herald · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The wool market has been on the ascent. Circumstances are in its favour. Shortage of supplies, lack…

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Expanding Wool Demand (A Winchcombe Carson Report)

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 3

Although rain and flood conditions in New South Wales and Queensland have prevented shearing on many properties on the more distant…

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More Wool Must Be Produced If Substitutes Are to Be Beaten

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 3

The danger of more substitutes for wool being developed is great and every effort, including the export of merino rams, should be made to keep supplies of wool available. This is the opinion of Mr. B. D. Minter, instructor in sheep…

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J. 0. Allocation for Next Wool Auctions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1950 · page 2

The Australian Wool Realisation Commission has announced that a proposed offering of approximately 110,600 bales of…

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High Prices Likely When Wool Season Commences

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1950 · page 2

The new season wool selling season opens in Sydney on Monday and brokers are confident that open-prices will be appreciably higher than at the closing sales in June…

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Queensland Cattle for Dubbo Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1950 · page 1

About 1400 head of cattle, mostly Herefords, and some with calves at foot passed through Gilgandra yesterday…

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Yorkshire Wool Bosses Are Worried London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1950 · page 1

There were worried men in the mill towns of Yorkshire yesterday as wool bosses heard of the increased price of wool, says…

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Appeal for Fodder Farmers And Settlers To Help Flood Victims

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1950 · page 4

Aa appeal for gifts of fodder to being organised by the Farmers and Settiers' Association. Baled say and tagged oats are…

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Divided Opinions Effect of High Wool Prices Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1950 · page 1

Although the British High Commissioner (Mr. J. Williams) and the N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) have warned that tremendous rises in wool prices could have "dangerous…

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Dairy Films to Be Screened Tomorrow Night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1950 · page 2

A programme of decumentary films on dairying will be presented by the Department of Agriculture at the Red Cross Tea…

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Wool and Crop Prospects

The Wellington Times · Thursday 31 August 1950 · page 11

Shearing is in full swing throughout the Cumnock district, but the clip promises to be lighter than last year,…

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Mystery Sheep Mortality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1950 · page 3

Heavy mortalities in sheep in the Quirindi district ended recently with a final loss of 250 out of a mob of 500 young…

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All-time Sheep Record Today Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1950 · page 1

An all-time record for sheep was reached at Flemington markets this morning, when fat wethers…

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